Bangalore, 10/6: Diageo Plc is considering options for its ownership of the Indian Premier League cricket franchise Royal Challengers Bengaluru, according to people familiar with the matter. The British distiller has been holding discussions with potential advisers as it weighs possibilities including a sale of part or all of the club, the people said. Diageo…
New Delhi, 10/6: Close on the heels of the stampede that claimed 11 lives, the Congress high command has summoned Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy D K Shivakumar for a discussion in the national capital on the issue on Tuesday morning. Party general secretary incharge of the state Randeep Surjewala is said to have…
New Delhi, 9/6: Congress on Monday claimed that the Narendra Modi government has “stopped talking about 2025” and is now “selling dreams of 2047”, as it spent the past 11 years “rubbing the ink of dictatorship on every page of the Constitution” As the Modi government completed the first year in its third term, the…
New Delhi, 9/6: Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Monday said he is not aware as to who invited Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot to take part in a function organised to felicitate team members of The Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in front of Vidhan Soudha on June 4. I don’t know who invited the…
Thiruvananthapuram, 9/6: A cargo ship caught fire in the sea off the Kannur coast in north Kerala on Monday. As per initial reports, Singapore flag carrier Wan Hai 503 met with the mishap at around 70 nautical miles from the Kannur coast. Of the 22 members in the crew, 18 jumped into the sea. Captain…
Guwahati, 9/6: Police in Meghalaya on Monday said four persons, including the wife of a man from Indore, who was found murdered during their honeymoon near a popular tourist spot in the state recently, have been arrested from Uttar Pradesh. The newly-wed couple was on their honeymoon to Meghalaya and were last seen on May…
Kalahandi, 9/6: In a major development, Dhiman Chakma (36), an IAS officer has been caught red handed while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 10 lakh from a businessman in Odisha’s Kalahandi district. The Odisha Vigilance Directorate said that Chakma was posted as a sub-collector in Kalahandi district’s Dharamgarh. The officials revealed that he allegedly…
Mumbai, 9/6: At least three to five persons were killed after they fell from a local train between the Diva and Mumbra stations of the Central Railway in the Thane district, which neighbours the financial capital of Mumbai, on Monday. The injured passengers have been rushed to the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital at Kalwa. Officials…
Mumbai, 9/8: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray has said his party is ready to come together with anyone who will work to protect the interests of Maharashtra and “Marathi manoos”. The statement comes amid speculation of rapprochement between the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) and his cousin Raj Thackeray’s Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS). Talking…
New Delhi, 8/6: Resignation is the only option before Justice Yashwant Varma to avoid impeachment by Parliament as the government pushes for bringing a motion to remove the Allahabad High Court judge over alleged corruption. Officials aware of the procedure to appoint and remove Supreme Court and high court judges pointed out that while defending…
